Superintendent’s Center

As the world becomes increasingly digital, and the nation’s schools are entering a new era of accountability, our expectations for school superintendents are changing as well.

To be successful, today’s superintendents must understand how technology can support the mission of K-12 school districts: how it can be used to drive down costs, improve efficiencies, extend learning opportunities to more students (both inside and outside of school), and enhance teaching and learning.

On this page, we’ve compiled resources to help you make this shift—and be an effective ed-tech leader in your own district.

When it comes to school technology, having a plan—and having strong leaders to guide that plan—are two of the most important steps to success, according to the 2014 winners of eSchool News' Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards.

One is a former Gates Foundation executive whose district uses computer programming to teach essential math skills. Another has advised the Federal Communications Commission on digital textbook use. All are working to transform instruction from a passive activity...

The Obama administration has issued new recommendations on classroom discipline that seek to end the apparent disparities in how students of different races are punished for violating school rules.
The guidelines are likely to affect school IT departments or...

Superintendents lead. They are charged with preparing students to be college-, career-, and life-ready, and with enabling a 21st-century learning environment. Increasingly, this means leveraging digital technologies to…

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